Medium: Alabaster painted with cool markings/ turquoise eyes/ Thick sinew with seed bead wrap and silver melon bead
Medium: Serpentine with coral eyes and heartline/Silver wrapped with loop for chain or leather
Very detailed carving by one of the masters
Size: Pouch is 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" / Fringe is 6" Length / Straps are total of 32" Length
Playful pouncing pose balancing on rock ledge
Hopi Cottonwood Root Butterfly Maiden Kachina/ Folk Art/ Zuni Fetish Baskets Medium: Alabaster painted with coolArtist: Hopi Carver Randolph David Medium: Cotton wood root, wood burned, hand painted Size: 3 3 8" H x 2 3 4" Across x 1 5 8" Deep Beautiful work! "Palhik Mana" is a Butterfly Maiden, not an actual Kachina, but a woman dancer. She arrives in August, as that is when the butterflies appear. The Butterfly Dance, a traditional social dance of the Hopi, and is held in August after the harvest. It is a thanksgiving dance for the harvest, chiefly for the